Aussie lamb ad

25 thoughts on “Aussie lamb ad”

1. A good ad, but I was annoyed by the idea that not believing in gods is another religion, in this case, “the fastest growing religion in Australia.” Oh well.

   1. Or as she said, having no religion (with or without gods) is the fastest growing religion in Australia. I suppose not being superstitious is a form of superstition 🙂

2. Nowadays Buddha would probably get canceled for being a probosciphobe.

   1. And, yikes! Having Ganesha speak in an Indian accent would likely set bonfires of rage in the U.S.

      I loved Jesus’ little head nod when he’s accused of making things all about him.

      Perfect humor. And not at all disrespectful, IMO.

3. Very clever and funny. I’m sure Hubbard would appreciate being treated as a god. And it’s a coincidence that I’m making leg of lamb for dinner; I’m glad all the gods approve. 🙂

   1. . . . so would Moses . . . maybe the alien, too.

4. Clever and funny. But I note the self-censoring in not having Mohammed appear in person as that would have constituted a representation of The Prophet that would have caused all kinds of trouble.

5. They chickened out by not having Muhammad. The phone call gimmick isn’t good enough.

   1. I think the reason Muhammad is a no show is brilliant because the excuse given is childcare pickup, surely a slight at his marriage to young Aisha!

      1. Good point

6. I like the notion that Mohammed couldn’t attend because of child care issues. Notwithstanding the ominous “threat” of what (militant jihadists) would do to the ad agency if Mo were portrayed here, the overall theme of the ad plus the silly jabs amongst the guests is effective marketing for lamb as a good choice for accommodations of all their “dietary restrictions”.

7. That is hilarious!

8. Bonzer!

9. Note the ad is from 2017. IIRC, some Hindus were very upset by the use of Ganesh in an ad.

   1. Likely the same ad as in a 2017 post:

      “Clever ad for Australian lamb
      September 7, 2017 • 2:00 pm”

      with HT to Gregory Z. at the time [ https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2017/09/07/clever-ad-for-australian-lamb/ ].

      But the video links are broken, so this is nice! [They may be broken because the post goes on: “But even in Australia the ad caused some outrage, and, as the news story below notes, it was finally pulled …”.

10. The Australia and NZ I grew up in starting in 1971 was pleasantly atheist. I barely knew any religious people and as a teenager I honestly thought that like world wars and nukes, in a generation religion would just peter out as another extinct bad idea.
    Then I came to the United States…… *
    D.A.
    NYC
    *Don’t get me wrong, I prefer it here in good ol’ NYC these last 30 years and I’m a very proud American, but on the religion question – Australia/ Japan/ Sweden/ Norway do it better.

11. They seem to have edited the daycare reference out of this version. I remember being able to hear it distinctly 5yrs ago. Also, I don’t understand the eggplant ref.

    1. Nothing particularly about religion. An 🍆 means a penis.

       1. Thx!

    2. It’s in there, at 1:20. The young atheist woman is on the phone with him.
       And I don’t understand the eggplant reference either.

    3. The eggplant represents a penis in emoji world.

12. I think the ad lasted only a few days before all the idiots and religious nuts got it pulled.

13. I think it is not a Thetan but a reference to the Roswell alien. The Japanese foodblogger may be Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess.

    The woman next to the Jedi and the Egyptian (?) I could not identify

14. My friends in Oz sent this to me awhile ago – excellent. I think the kimono lady is Amateratsu Omikami, the Sun Goddess who by throwing rocks into the ocean created the Japanese islands.
    D.A.
    NYC

    1. I recall that she dipped a spear into the ocean. When she withdrew the spear, the water that ran of the spear formed the islands.

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